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self-suf⋅fi⋅cient

[self-suh-fish-uh

nt, self-]

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–adjective

1.	able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.

2.	having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it.

Also, self-suf⋅fic⋅ing [self-suh-fahy-sing]

Origin:
1580–90

Related forms:

self-suf⋅fi⋅cien⋅cy, noun

self-suf⋅fi⋅cient⋅ly, adverb

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self-suf·fi·cient (sělf'sə-fĭsh'ənt)
adj.

Able to provide for oneself without the help of others; independent.
Having undue confidence; smug.

self'-suf·fi'cien·cy n.

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Word Origin & History

self-sufficiency

1623, originally an attribute of God (translating Gk. autakreia), from self + sufficiency. Of mortals, self-sufficient "able to supply one's own needs" is recorded from 1589.

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